Rafael Fiziev wanted a giant efficiency and he achieved it in entrance of his dwelling crowd.
Fiziev confronted rising light-weight contender Manuel Torres in the primary occasion of Saturday’s UFC Baku card. After a aggressive first spherical, the Azerbaijani native emerged like a person on a mission within the second spherical and dropped Torres with an unimaginable roundhouse kick.
‘Ataman’ then clinched the victory with some fierce floor and pound, incomes an enormous ovation from the house crowd.
Please see under for the completed product.
The official stoppage time was 0 minutes and 15 seconds into the second spherical.
Spherical 1 noticed each fighters have a little bit of success, with Fiziev scoring a number of takedowns. Torres stored the spherical shut and closed it out with a nasty jab that positively bought his opponent’s consideration. The shot appeared to solely anger Fiziev, who stopped the match shortly after it restarted.
Fiziev (14-5) enters the bout with a two-fight deficit and is 1-3 in his final 4 fights, together with two losses to present undisputed light-weight champion Justin Gaethje. In his final look, Fiziev was stopped by Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 325 in January. After the victory, Fiziev was overcome with emotion and known as for a problem for the “BMF” championship.
Torres (17-4) made it previous the primary spherical for the primary time in his UFC profession and for the second time in his profession. This was the second loss within the promotion for the Mexican standout.
